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Recari ties Creamer for lead in LPGA’s event near Toledo

Recari, a two-time winner on the LPGA Tour, equaled Creamer’s 4-under-par 67. Both are at 12-under 201.

Creamer, who won in 2008 when the tournament was known as the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic, led by as many as two shots before Recari’s late surge at Highland Meadows.

American teenager Lexi Thompson had a 67 and, along with Jacqui Concolino and Japan’s Chie Arimura, is three shots back. Top-ranked Inbee Park, chasing her seventh victory of the season, sagged after a 73.

• Nicholas Thompson and Daniel Summerhays are tied for the lead going into the final round of the PGA Tour’s Sanderson Farms Championship in Madison, Miss.

Thompson bogeyed his first hole in the third round but was nearly flawless after that with a 65 to reach 17 under. Thompson is trying for his first PGA Tour win and would join his sister, Lexi, as only the third brother-sister combo to win on the LPGA and PGA tours.

Federer falls in Germany; Serena makes Swedish final

Roger Federer lost to Argentine qualifier Federico Delbonis 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4) in the semifinals of the German Tennis Championships in Hamburg. In the final, Delbonis will play Fabio Fognini of Italy. Fognini defeated third-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain 6-4, 7-6 (1).

Federer has dropped to No. 5, his lowest ranking in a decade. His only title this year came on grass before Wimbleon in Halle, Germany.

• Serena Williams defeated Klara Zakopalova 6-0, 6-4 in the semifinals of the Swedish Open in Bastad. In the other semifinal, Sweden’s Johanna Larsson rallied to defeat Italy’s Flavia Pennetta 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.

NFL

Dolphins sign first-round pick Jordan of Oregon

Miami Dolphins first-round draft pick Dion Jordan, a defensive end/linebacker from Oregon, signed a multiyear contract and will take part in the first training camp practice today. He missed all of the Dolphins’ offseason workouts because Oregon is on the quarter system.

• New York Giants safety Will Hill was suspended four games by the NFL for violating the league’s substance abuse policy, his second drug suspension in two years. Hill will be eligible to return in time for the Oct. 6 game against Philadelphia.

Elsewhere

American opens swimming world meet with title

American Haley Anderson, a recent college graduate at Southern California, won the first gold medal at the world swimming championships in Barcelona, Spain, in the women’s 5-kilometer open water. USC-based Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia won the men’s event.

China’s Wu Minxia and Shi Tingmao won the first diving gold medal, earning Wu a record sixth world title in the women’s 3-meter synchronized springboard.

Wu has won nine world or Olympic gold medals in the 3-meter synchronized springboard.